hindered from

* * *

ex-clūdo, si, sum, 3 ( perf. sync. exclusti for exclusisti, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 18) [cludo, claudo], to shut out, exclude; to cut off, remove, separate from any thing (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: aliquem a portu et perfugio, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

aliquem ab re frumentaria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55, 9:

aliquem ab acie,

id. B. C. 2, 41, 6:

Gaditani Poenos moenibus excluserunt,

Cic. Balb. 17, 39:

nulla exclusura dolentes Janua,

Tib. 2, 3, 73.—With inanimate objects:

spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus (solis),

Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:

aquam quae exundante palude in agrum refluere solet,

Dig. 39, 3, 1:

exclusere diem telis,

shut out, obscured, Stat. Th. 8, 412:

Euphrates Armeniae regiones a Cappadocia excludens,

separating, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83.—

Esp., to shut out, refuse to receive a visitor:

quo pacto excludi, quaeso, potis est planius, quam exclusus nunc sum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5:

ego excludor, ille recipitur,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79; id. ib. 1, 1, 4:

aliquem foras,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 30; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 18:

quae me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108; cf.:

ut ab illa excludar, huc concludar,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 12; Hor. S. 2, 3, 260; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 78; cf.: priusquam Caesar me abs te excludere posset, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B. 1.—

Transf.

To drive out, to put, press, thrust, or take out:

excludito mihi hercle oculum, si dedero,

i. e. to knock out, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 95:

vel oculum exclude,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 96:

gemmam,

Dig. 10, 4, 6:

liquorem,

Scrib. Comp. 84:

pallio caput,

Petr. 32, 2.—

In partic. of birds, to hatch their young:

volucres Ova relinquebant, exclusae tempore verno,

Lucr. 5, 802; cf.:

gallinae avesque reliquae, cum ex ovis pullos excluserint, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

pullos,

id. ib. 2, 48, 124; Col. 8, 5, 7; 8, 14, 11; Suet. Tib. 14 al.—And transf., by way of pun, to the pupils of the rhetorician Corax (raven):

Coracem istum patiamur pullos suos excludere in nido, qui evolent, clamatores odiosi ac molesti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.—

To make prominent (eccl. Lat.), = eminere, Aug. in Psa. 67, § 39; Vulg. Psa. 67, 31; cf. Aug. Spir. et Litt. § 17.—

To close, complete:

volumen,

Stat. S. 2 praef. fin.

Trop., to exclude, except, remove, hinder, prevent:

Crassus tres legatos decernit, nec excludit Pompeium,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

excludi ab omni doctrina,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 46; cf.:

exclusit illum a re publica,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 29:

ab hereditate fraterna excludi,

id. Clu. 11, 31; cf.

also: ne anni tempore a navigatione excluderetur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 5:

ut reditu in Asiam excluderetur,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

exceptione excludi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168:

multas actiones praetoriis exceptionibus,

id. Inv. 1, 19, 57:

angustiis temporis excluduntur omnes,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148:

tempore exclusus,

hindered, prevented, Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

diei tempore exclusus,

id. ib. 7, 11, 5:

si qui se in hoc judicium forte projecerint, excluditote eorum cupiditatem,

Cic. Cael. 9, 22: servitutem, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 14:

consuetudinem libere dicendi,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19.—Hence, * exclūsus, a, um, P. a., shut out, locked out:

nunc ego sum exclusissimus,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 24.

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.